Actinoconchus

Actinoconchus
Temporal range: Carboniferous - Late Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Athyridida
Family: Athyrididae
Subfamily: Athyridinae
Genus: Actinoconchus
McCoy, 1844

Actinoconchus is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Carboniferous to the Late Permian in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

References

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 85)